Research Article

Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 27, 2021
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Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters

Abstract

Linguistic politeness which is related to how users behave in a specific context depending on sociocultural variables as part of little c culture has been investigated in a lot of studies due to the intertwined relationship between culture and language. One context in which politeness can be examined in various ways is service encounters allowing for transactional interactions, showing the ways native speakers use the language in those settings. This study investigated how the language used by shopkeepers differs in terms of politeness in face-to-face interaction across varied types of shops in Turkey. In this sense, opening/closing sequences, the way the shopkeepers address the customers and positive politeness and negative politeness strategies have been examined to explore the politeness strategies employed by the shopkeepers in service encounters. The participants of this qualitative case study were Turkish shopkeepers in 10 shops varying in terms of what they provide and the economic strength/prestige they possess as high and low. Data were collected by recording the language used by the units of analysis and observation. After transcribing the data, it was analyzed through discourse analysis by the researchers. The main findings of the study revealed that while there is no distinction in positive politeness strategies between the two types of shops, there are some differences in terms of opening and closing sequences in conversation, addressing customer and negative politeness strategies depending on the types of shops, showing that variation in politeness is evident in Turkish. Therefore, it can be argued that making learners of Turkish gain an awareness of these linguistic variations is important for them to communicate appropriately in these settings.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Turkish Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 27, 2021

Submission Date

May 29, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 8, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 1 Number: 2

APA
Kökcü, Ş., & Kot Artunç, E. (2021). Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters. Uluslararası Türkçe Öğretimi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1(2), 128-147. https://doi.org/10.47834/utoad.13
AMA
1.Kökcü Ş, Kot Artunç E. Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters. (IJRTT). 2021;1(2):128-147. doi:10.47834/utoad.13
Chicago
Kökcü, Şeyma, and Esma Kot Artunç. 2021. “Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters”. Uluslararası Türkçe Öğretimi Araştırmaları Dergisi 1 (2): 128-47. https://doi.org/10.47834/utoad.13.
EndNote
Kökcü Ş, Kot Artunç E (December 1, 2021) Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters. Uluslararası Türkçe Öğretimi Araştırmaları Dergisi 1 2 128–147.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Kökcü and E. Kot Artunç, “Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters”, (IJRTT), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 128–147, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.47834/utoad.13.
ISNAD
Kökcü, Şeyma - Kot Artunç, Esma. “Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters”. Uluslararası Türkçe Öğretimi Araştırmaları Dergisi 1/2 (December 1, 2021): 128-147. https://doi.org/10.47834/utoad.13.
JAMA
1.Kökcü Ş, Kot Artunç E. Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters. (IJRTT). 2021;1:128–147.
MLA
Kökcü, Şeyma, and Esma Kot Artunç. “Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters”. Uluslararası Türkçe Öğretimi Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 1, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp. 128-47, doi:10.47834/utoad.13.
Vancouver
1.Şeyma Kökcü, Esma Kot Artunç. Politeness in Turkish Face-to-Face Service Encounters. (IJRTT). 2021 Dec. 1;1(2):128-47. doi:10.47834/utoad.13